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Sacramento Kings vs. Charlotte Hornets

March 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Kings 117-109 on 2026-03-11 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Killian Hayes, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Killian Hayes as his primary defender. DeMar DeRozan (Kings) scored 16 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Sion James as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

SAC

Sacramento Kings 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan GS	40:49	39	4	6	2	1	4	3	17-22	0-1	5-5	+3
Nique Clifford GS	40:49	18	4	8	2	1	1	4	7-16	2-6	2-3	-4
Killian Hayes GS	30:47	11	2	4	0	0	2	1	5-9	1-3	0-0	-18
Precious Achiuwa GS	29:30	14	8	2	1	1	1	3	6-11	0-1	2-2	-22
Maxime Raynaud GS	24:57	4	6	2	0	3	3	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	-18
Daeqwon Plowden	30:12	13	4	0	1	0	1	2	5-11	3-7	0-0	+3
Doug McDermott	28:12	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2-7	2-7	0-0	+7
Drew Eubanks	14:44	4	6	2	0	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	0-2	+9
Totals		109	35	24	6	6	13	18	45-83	8-25	11-14

Did not play: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dylan Cardwell (DND - Injury/Illness), Devin Carter (DND - Injury/Illness), Keegan Murray (DND - Injury/Illness)

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Charlotte Hornets 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	34:17	24	7	3	0	0	1	2	7-13	5-8	5-5	+15
Moussa Diabaté GS	33:59	2	10	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+15
Brandon Miller GS	32:46	20	3	5	2	0	3	1	7-15	2-5	4-4	+12
Miles Bridges GS	31:17	26	2	5	1	0	2	3	11-15	3-4	1-1	+14
LaMelo Ball GS	30:37	30	6	5	1	0	3	1	10-22	6-13	4-4	+16
Sion James	24:15	4	3	4	1	0	1	0	1-7	1-4	1-2	-10
Coby White	19:54	9	2	1	0	1	3	1	3-9	2-4	1-1	-4
Xavier Tillman	14:01	2	6	3	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Josh Green	10:44	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-12
Pat Connaughton	8:10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		117	41	29	8	1	14	12	41-90	19-40	16-17

Did not play: Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ryan Kalkbrenner (DND - Injury/Illness), Tre Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeMar DeRozan · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 10.9 min
DeMar DeRozan · Doug McDermott · Drew Eubanks · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford 10.8 min
DeMar DeRozan · Doug McDermott · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.1 min
DeMar DeRozan · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford 3.6 min
DeMar DeRozan · Doug McDermott · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford 3.4 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 17.4 min
Pat Connaughton · Coby White · Xavier Tillman · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 7.7 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.4 min
Coby White · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Brandon Miller · Sion James 3.2 min
Coby White · Josh Green · Xavier Tillman · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Kings defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (2/7) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Killian Hayes (63 %, 3 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (9 %, 0 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (8 %, 0 pts)
Coby White 10 pts (3/7) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Daeqwon Plowden (52 %, 6 pts) · Nique Clifford (22 %, 4 pts) · Doug McDermott (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Sion James: 22 poss., 12 pts (6/7) · Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nique Clifford	Kon Knueppel: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Killian Hayes	LaMelo Ball: 34 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Precious Achiuwa	Miles Bridges: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Daeqwon Plowden	Coby White: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Josh Green: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Maxime Raynaud	Moussa Diabaté: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Miles Bridges: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Doug McDermott	Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Green: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Drew Eubanks	Xavier Tillman: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

DeMar DeRozan 16 pts (5/9) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (25 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (24 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Miller (17 %, 2 pts)
Killian Hayes 32 pts (12/20) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: LaMelo Ball (51 %, 9 pts) · Brandon Miller (15 %, 3 pts) · Miles Bridges (12 %, 15 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Nique Clifford: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 11 poss., 9 pts (2/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Maxime Raynaud: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Nique Clifford: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Precious Achiuwa: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Miles Bridges	DeMar DeRozan: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball	Killian Hayes: 30 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Sion James	DeMar DeRozan: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Doug McDermott: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Daeqwon Plowden: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Xavier Tillman	Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Maxime Raynaud: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green	Doug McDermott: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daeqwon Plowden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Doug McDermott: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daeqwon Plowden: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)